The survey shows attitudes towards the order in which love and sex should come, in China in 2011. That year, only one percent of those surveyed said that sex should come first and then love.
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What do you think should come first, love or sex?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Love first, then sex
56%
They compliment one another, neither is less important than the other
7,742 men and 13,905 women took part in the survey. 58 percent of those surveyed were aged between 23 and 30 years and had an income between 2,001 and 5,000 yuan.
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Baidu Wenku. (February 14, 2011). What do you think should come first, love or sex? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 30, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/237463/attitudes-to-the-order-of-love-and-sex/
Baidu Wenku. "What do you think should come first, love or sex?." Chart. February 14, 2011. Statista. Accessed June 30, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/237463/attitudes-to-the-order-of-love-and-sex/
Baidu Wenku. (2011). What do you think should come first, love or sex?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 30, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/237463/attitudes-to-the-order-of-love-and-sex/
Baidu Wenku. "What Do You Think Should Come First, Love or Sex?." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Feb 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/237463/attitudes-to-the-order-of-love-and-sex/
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